beals & lyon architects create the garden of forking paths
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beals & lyon architects create the garden of forking paths

taking its name from the short story by jorge luis borges, the infinitely bifurcating garden is both consuming and consumable.

cat garcia menocal July 10, 2013 2 min

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beals & lyon architects create the garden of forking paths in chile
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in the winning proposal for the yap-constructo 2012/13, ‘the garden of forking paths’ by chilean firm beals & lyon architects, constructs a green maze, which creates an environment of slowness; a new scale for leisure and the unforeseen in a park that is otherwise insistently being pushed and transformed into a productive and lucrative space. visitors ideally relinquish orientation, leaving the rush of the city behind. this quietness will eventually allow a change in perception: slow, paused, useless, thus establishing a connection with their bodies through an unexpected sensual experience. this could bring a whole new understanding of space, capable of locating the body, back at the centre of architecture.

 

 

Teaser: El jardin de los senderos que se bifurcan from Estudio Palma on Vimeo.

 

 

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project info:

 

 

name: the garden of forking paths
status: winning proposal for the yap-constructo 2012/13 (moma–ps1 ‘young architects program’).
architects: alejandro beals, loreto lyon
collaborator: claudio viñuela
model: francisca becerra
project: 2012
construction: 2013
area: 1500m2
construction: juan candia

 

beals & lyon architects create the garden of forking paths
beals & lyon architects create the garden of forking paths
beals & lyon architects create the garden of forking paths
beals & lyon architects create the garden of forking paths
beals & lyon architects create the garden of forking paths
beals & lyon architects create the garden of forking paths
beals & lyon architects create the garden of forking paths
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